Experimental studies on nanomaterials for soil improvement: a review

Y Huang, L Wang - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2016 - Springer
With the rapid development of nanotechnology and multidisciplinary cross applications and
the limitations of traditional materials, nanomaterials are being introduced for soil …

Influence of initial fines content on fabric of soils subjected to internal erosion

M Ouyang, A Takahashi - Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
Seepage-induced internal erosion often happens in earth structures. This paper presents
experimental investigations on the influence of initial fines content on fabric of soils …

The optimisation analysis of sand-clay mixtures stabilised with xanthan gum biopolymers

J Ni, GL Hao, JQ Chen, L Ma, XY Geng - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sand–clay mixtures can be encountered in both natural soils (eg, residual soils, clay
deposits and clinosols) and artificial fills. The method of utilising biopolymers in ground …

Laboratory investigation of liquefaction mitigation in silty sand using nanoparticles

Y Huang, L Wang - Engineering geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials are presented in this paper as a novel method of liquefaction mitigation that
overcomes the limitations of traditional mitigation methods. The proposed method is different …

The effects of small particles on soil seismic liquefaction resistance: current findings and future challenges

Y Huang, L Zhao - Natural hazards, 2018 - Springer
The natural and artificial sand soils always incorporate other small particles, which makes
the soil liquefaction resistance difficult to predict. The particle size may change from 10− 5 m …

Assessment of tamping-based specimen preparation methods on static liquefaction of loose silty sand

Z Zhu, F Zhang, JC Dupla, J Canou, E Foerster… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dry and moist tamping methods are widely used for the investigation of sandy soil
liquefaction. However, the effect of these two tamping-based reconstitution methods on …

Effect of active plastic fine fraction on undrained behavior of binary granular mixtures

S Gobbi, MP Santisi d'Avila, L Lenti… - International Journal …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
The mechanical behavior of binary granular mixtures strongly depends on their initial
packing density, stress level, fine content, particle size distribution, mineralogy, and shape …

Resistance and swelling of Tabriz marl soils stabilised using nano-silica and nano-alumina

R Alipour, AA Heshmati R, J Karimiazar… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The effects of nano-silica (NS) and nano-alumina (NA) additions on problematic marl soil in
Tabriz, Iran were investigated. Marl soils constitute the foundations for most projects in …

The effect of fines plasticity on monotonic undrained shear strength and liquefaction resistance of sands

AI Papadopoulou, TM Tika - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
The paper presents results of an investigation into the effects of fines plasticity on the
undrained monotonic and cyclic response of sands. Monotonic and cyclic triaxial tests on …

Silt fraction effects of frozen soils on frozen water content, strength, and stiffness

SY Kim, WT Hong, JS Lee - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
The strength and stiffness of soil mixtures vary with regard to the particle composition and
the properties of soil mixtures that critically change when water, which is a component in …